Almanac

News - June 12, 2013

Police Calls

MENLO PARK

Armed robbery report: A woman reported June 6 that man in the 2000 block of Menalto Avenue reached into her vehicle while she was sitting inside and took her purse while pointing a handgun at her. Estimated loss: $130. Suspect description: Man of unknown race, about 6 feet tall, of medium build, and wearing black pants and a black hooded jacket with the hood tightened over his face.

Burglary reports:

• Someone climbed through a bathroom window in a Linfield Drive house and took a pair of earrings and a car key for a loss of about $150, June 1.

• Someone tried but failed to pry open a large wooden sliding door on a shed on Arbor Road, June 1.

• Someone broke in through the front door of a home on Willow Road but police don't know if anything was taken, May 31.

Theft reports:

• A bike with an estimated value of $1,000 is missing from a bike rack on the 800 block of Alma Street, where it had been sitting unlocked for about an hour, June 5.

• A bike valued at $100 is missing after being locked to a bike rack on the 700 block of Alma Street, June 1.

• Someone stole an unlocked red mountain bike worth about $60 from a front yard on Hollyburne Avenue, June 2.

• A customer had two keys made in the 1100 block of Marsh Road and left without paying for them, leaving the key-maker with an estimated loss of $175, May 31.

WEST MENLO PARK

Someone entered a garage on Leland Avenue through an unlocked side door and left with two bicycles and a helmet for an estimated loss of $12,450, June 2.